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Moturinad-hy Cloattic drill. far end of theism. tto sell move at the town -wide
• A bed that'd easier to get ••'Paint or tool`holder,>tYl31f- . •.yard sate in 15iaaforth .this
into and tum over and get out -shoved into ring of ladder. '6aturday Chime 7).
of. it's tun by an etectrtc Russell uses most of thane Many of his;gattgats will be
remote control and three push devices he invents. **They on display and 'fin sale at 40
buttons. "11 work, gaud 1 stave been a .big help and O d 8t•
If necessity is the mother of
invention than Wesley
Russell has an army ot moth-
ers.
"It's tate. Necessity is what
got me started. 1 found .1
shouldn't be bending too low
because ot an injury in
1-448," says Russell. After
lifting about 120.pounds
almost 50 years ago with a
best back, be found it dilli-
cult to perform regular daily
routines like pulling on his
sucks in the morning.
The -former farmer and
• Seaford) resident has invent-
ed dozens of devices. gadgets
and contraptions over the
years w help with many com-
mon tasks we face everyday..
"Some gadgets 1 use daily, -
some occasionally, bona sea-
sonally. It keeps me more
comfortable and more
active."
-• With it combination of
elastic shoelaces, long shoe-
horns and wood doweling,
he's. spade ,a device 10 pick up
a pair of shoes. `"The pain I'd
-had for approximately 36
years left me. What a relief."
said Russell.
• "The battery cable clamps
1 started with to poll on sucks
(later wood clamps and then
wire) when the snow came, 1
used them to made a gadget
to pull on overshoes. Later 1
found other clamps. so by the
next winter I made a gadget
to pull on.snOw boots."
Once be started using these -
new devices, he had no more
problem pulling on shoes and
boots, which used to cause
• him aggravation.
• He's made devices to push
off socks. pull on shorts and
pants. •
• Using soft foam, he
designed a wedge cushion to
make it more comfortable
when sitting on hard chairs.
• Russell made a special.
pillow with a cut-out centre
and grooves for watching TV
with your glasses on when
lying on your side. -
• Fold -up foot rests fur peo-
ple of different heights. .
• Devices for picking up
paper. garden Mose, horse._
shoes. lawn & carpet bowls.
bocci balls. golf balls and for
picking up_and•tossing boviils.
Handles for some of these are
golf balls which are easy to
grip.
•• Russell made a special
attachment for a snow shovel
to ease the strain on his back
when shovelling.
"I would cuss gravity when
something would drop off the
.workbench where 1 was
spending a tut of my time,
he said. So the local inventor
hooked up a strong magnet
on a three-foot wire that
hangs above the workbench:-
.
orkbench:. • He made a box bolder for
helping with raspberry pick-
ing.
• Russell constructed a
device to help move four by
eight -foot sheets of plywood
and drywall.
• He made an exercise
device that uses both arms
and legs k) raise you.
• He designed a can squash-
er worked by a lever that
squashes cans fpr the blue
box.
• One gadget Russell made
helps to remove leaves from
the cavestrough and hose it
out while standing on ,the
ground.
• A "chool" - a cress
between a chair and a stool.
-• Lazy Susarts of all differ-
- sizes or crokiuoie
mom
A $75 :kitchen deposit.is
now regqutred for contracts at
the Seaforth and District
Community Centres, with a
$10 per hour (fee •to the
charged against it if:extre
,kitchen cleaning is.regpired
fterrreofal,,Atod any,portion
of • .psis ,not .rehired
iIo 1be, rector,
,peau .pplic,y -arras put
into place bby,ihe, e-
ment cosnmitt.ee ilate
March of ar,fdlsestlsion ';of
the kitchen .being .dirty and
hiring someone tope in and
clean to bring it up to accept-
able standard." according to
the minutes of the meeting.
$L£Y1U$$E1J.., IN.Nl3NToA - The former farmer, and a Seaforth resident, -has-
dreamt up dozens of devices. gadgets and contraptions over.the years 'to help with every-
day tasks. Many of them will be on display at his Ord Street, residence for this Saturday's
town -wide yard sale.
Hong Kong heaven f�r engineer
The SDHS grad saw first-
hand -the new Rainbow
Bridge in Tokyo tested for
wind stress at the UWO -wind
tunnel. The wind. engineering
technology was pioneered at
-Western by Allen Vavenport
';He's known all over the
world."
Almost all of the old build-
ings in .Hong Kong are being
Continued pop fie 3.
BY DAVI1DSCt71T
Expositor Editor .
It's one thing testing ss;aled-
down models of buildings
and bridges in a wind tunnel
at sebthol, but.seeing the.real
thing in person on the other
side of the world is some-
thing else.
During his recent six-
month, 21 -country tour of the
world, University of Western
• Ontario university civil engi-
neering graduate Dave Kelly.
26. of Waterloo. saw new
buildings -and bridges in
Hong Kong. and other coun-
tries that .he tested at UWO's
leading-edge wind tunnel. h
is one.of only three of its
kind in North America.
•He watt able to meet up
with friends and fellow .grads
from Western who .had land-
ed high -paying engineering
jobs in Asia:
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RIflANURE MANAGEMENT
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Tues_, June 10,1997
8:00 P.Y.
Gol,erich Township Hall, Holmesville
Speakers' Dr. Gerd Surpeoner
.manure and environmental muss
Wayne t atdwell
-liquid manure bylaws
ECOLOGISTICS .LIMITED
•nutnent management plans
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D WARRIOR- Dave
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months tourin9.21 coun-
tries. His interesting
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.Novel.approa Li
Cock Jim/Q.041 r suggcst-
ed to council *lay 13 the
time may be ripe for Seaforth
W try selling the local branch
of the library to the county
for a nominal ee, perhaps $1.
Council agreed to pursue
tbc;possibility.
Seaforth owns the recently
upgraded heritage building
on Main Street where the
'local branch is located, but
the;Iibrary system itself is
Paid for bytkiurpn•County.
The maintenance -fee alone
.for the Seaforth branch ren to
.roughly $13,590 last year, not
including operatipns,ccer ler
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Seefonh Wade! mwieolien,
the ;Huron ‘CRpptyrbrary
,Boast asked ifpr.epglptents
and seAgestinns iffOln ,local
municipalities by May 20
about .the partnerships and
arrangejnents.for.ihc delivery
of public library,scryicc,
the county.
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